oslomike Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 I am trying to consolidate my older system into the new system. And I have this old Exabyte Mammoth LT drive which I need to be able to read from. The drive shows up in the storage devices window, but something tells me that it's not communicating as it should. It could of course be several things, but I would like to know if there is any software driver issue with an Retrospect not being able to communicate with it. It has been in use with my older Retrospect v6.1 system without problems. Is it still supported in v8/9? thanks! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 You should be able to find the answer here: http://www.retrospect.com/en/devices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oslomike Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Thanks Lennart! That shows that the drive is supported. What I wonder though, is there any necessary driver software that is needed to be installed. In the v6 days, I didn't need to install any software, it just worked. On v8 it seems as if they don't communicate all that well together. For example, Retrospect can see the Mammoth LT drive just fine, but when I put a tape in, I get the message where the name of the tape should be that says "wrong name" or something like that. I'm not at work at the moment where the machine is, so I can get more exact info until Monday. Thanks again Lennart for the help! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 You don't need to install any drivers. They are all built into Retrospect. How is the drive connected to the Mac? Using a third-party card? That card might need updated drivers and/or updated firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oslomike Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 He Lennart! Thanks once again for your input. I also suspect maybe there is a firmware problem. I am using an ATTO UL5D to connect the exabyte. The only thing left to try is to flash the card with the latest firmware. I will try that next. Thanks! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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